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In the era of pandemic, almost all educational institutions had to undergo education via the Internet instead of face-to-face teaching approach. Thus, the use of mobile devices application is becoming more significant and prevalent among students at higher education institutions (HEIs) during the pandemic. Furthermore, many universities currently use their smartphones and download the mobile applications for their studies. Therefore, the survey study aimed to investigate the university students' perceptions and acceptance toward mobile learning (M-learning) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study employed a quantitative method, and an online survey was conducted to the university students in the higher educational institutions in Malaysia. For this study, an online questionnaire was distributed to the respondents. A total of 276 university students from selected public and private universities were take part and responded to the online questionnaires. The study concluded that Malaysian university students have positive perceptions and acceptance toward mobile learning. Additionally, the results also indicates that mobile devices aided university students in their learning process, primarily at home, during the pandemic. In conclusion, M-learning has the possibility to be a very effective instructional tool in a virtual learning environment. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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The whole world has been knocked down by the Pandemic COVID-19 crisis which had impacted people's health globally, including death among people mostly with comorbidity. Some even lost their loved ones. Huge number of people lost jobs due to economic depression that incurred due to restricted movement control orders imposed globally. Whole pandemic events culminated into affecting physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual well-being. On the flip side, these have been indicated as essential mechanisms to cope up with the current adaptation during this crisis. Role of Existential Intelligence's (Ex I) in influencing Adversity Quotient (AQ) while handling crisis is still immature. The connection between Ex I and AQ is able to provide a bigger picture to stakeholders namely customers, employees, investors, suppliers and vendors, communities, and government in improving the current situation, especially during the post-crisis recovery period. In the present paper, an attempt is made to unravel Ex I adaptation and its contribution towards high AQ in various scenarios. There is no precise test developed pertaining to Ex I as a full-fledged intelligence. However, certain characteristics of Ex I are interconnected to spiritual or religious aspects. Certain degrees of relation are identified between Intelligence Quotient (IQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ), Spiritual Quotient (SQ), and Adversity Quotient (AQ) as foundation for intrapersonal competencies. Therefore, existentialism creates self-realization while handling crisis such as Pandemic COVID-19, appreciating every life moment which is deep rooted in the spiritual and religious teachings. Further in-depth research is needed to better appreciate or understand the contribution of Ex I on AQ for overall well-being of the society in the challenging global environment. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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Flexible online programmes and learning are gaining popularity as a means of educating students. It can also facilitate the delivery of knowledge to pupils, as well as facilitating the learning process. The purpose of this study was to investigate Online Learning Challenges following the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in Malaysia. This study employs the qualitative and Fuzzy Delphi Method in collecting the data. In the qualitative research phase, open-ended questions were distributed to 118 participants, while in the Fuzzy Delphi phase, expert questionnaires were distributed to 7 experts in the field of study. Qualitative data were analysed using Atlas-ti software, whereas Fuzzy Delphi data was analysed using Fudelo 1.0 software. The qualitative study discovered that students confront seven significant challenges: internet coverage, mental fatigue, learning devices, environmental disturbance, pedagogical challenges, lack of motivation, and social interaction. Meanwhile, the fuzzy Delphi analysis of the expert consensus of the theme is at a reasonable level. The overall expert consensus agreement findings exceed 75%, the overall value of the threshold (d) is 0.2, and the -cut exceeds 0.5. The study provides important insights into online learning issues and the fields for further improvement. This study also discusses the avenue for future research by future researchers for more significant benefits and contributions to knowledge in general. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.